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Did Conan O'Brien just say Denis Villeneuve was nominated for best director? Because he wasn't. 🙃

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My personal rankings for Best Picture nominees: 1) Conclave 2) I'm Still Here 3) A Complete Unknown 4) Anora 5) Dune: Part Two 6)The Brutalist 7) Nickel Boys 8) Wicked 9) The Substance 10) Emilia Perez

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What a decison to publish a NY Mag-style approval matrix, except for which rights are valued

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Another car blocking a series of streetcars in Toronto, this time heading west on Gerrard, east of Greenwood.

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It also implies that every function of government is a joke, whether it's scientists studying cancer, technicians that keep the nuclear arsenal safe and secure, or people who maintain safe drinking water.

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Toronto needs to grow past trotting out the NIMBY greatest hits in every housing debate if it intends to be serious about tackling housing affordability, I write in my latest @torontotoday.ca column www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...

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For those of you on the #Onpoli campaign trail, I just spotted Green Party Leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social at the Raptors game (upper bowl, a man of the people)

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Giorgio Mammoliti really missed his moment to champion his long-running "world's tallest flagpole" idea

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Wile E. Coyote's brand loyalty to the Acme company is remarkable, you don't see that these days

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@fleischmarket.bsky.social You had a really good run www.instagram.com/reel/DFwsTK1...

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#topoli #onpoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social: Despite all the transit promises in the elxn & $975m in new funding for Waterfront Toronto, the Queen’s Quay East LRT is still an orphan. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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The photo that accompanies this story suggests Feathers McGraw-level evil and cunning

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Grimace ending his policy of Irish Republican abstentionism is a big deal, wow

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Lots of Babsocks still available at the local Purolator location

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Before Olivia Chow was elected, Toronto had a Conservative mayor for 19 of the previous 26 years

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Now is the time for Olivia Chow to campaign to get other politicians to make city priorities their priorities. She may not get a better chance. www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...

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There's a rare opportunity for Mayor Olivia Chow to make Toronto and municipalities a priority. In my first column for @torontotoday.ca, I make the case that she ought to launch a campaign to rally other political leaders behind those needs www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...

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I'm giving a talk on Tuesday night (January 28) for the Riverdale Historical Society on a trio of long-gone Toronto newspapers (with a sidetrip into at least one other). 7 pm, Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E, $5. See you there! #torontohistory #history #newspapers

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

Many worthy nominees for this Oscar category, but the real winners are the popcorn lovers 🍿

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How do property taxes in Toronto (and Ontario) actually work? For City Hall Watcher I update my explainer on the most poorly understood tax for 2025 toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/how-proper...

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Big missed opportunity to coordinate several huge projects in the same area--Old City Hall, NPS, new courthouses, Ontario Line station, University Ave pedestrianization and mega-Queen's Park project. The right effort could revolutionize public and civic space downtown.

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Instead of a monkey, it would have been more appropriate to portray Robbie Williams with this guy in BETTER MAN

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Heat cancel culture

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but I didn't think the leopard would eat my face

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I don't mean to make people too jealous, but I'm now the proud owner of a Colonel Kernel Christmas tree ornament cc @jessehawken.bsky.social @willsloanesq.bsky.social @hertzbarry.bsky.social

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Part of what makes SmartTrack frustration so acute is the problems were widely identified. Beginning in 2014, journalism from @oliver-moore.bsky.social , @jpags.bsky.social, Daniel Dale, @benspurr.bsky.social, Matt, @swanboatsteve.bsky.social, myself and more covered all of this! No excuses here.

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Just like in Canada, the subsidy extended to the postal service ensures coverage of unprofitable routes and disproportionately benefits small businesses.

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